This is about Eva Longoria and pizza. Many men reading that sentence may have passed out in ecstasy. But if you’re still with me, read on. America’s obsession with the “Desperate Housewives” star and everyone’s favorite junk food was put to the test yesterday. Ingrates heckle Longoria “Desperate Housewives” was one of the last shows […]
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Finally! Here’s some church-related information that doesn’t make me doze off in the pews. Pat Robertson: The Dennis Franchione of Religion In the beginning, there was Pat, who had a cable television network where he preached fear and got money from shut-ins. And that begat a string of conservative politicians and celebrities, who came forth […]
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Welcome to the Alamo City, also known as by a dozen or so obscure nicknames. City nicknames can be odd. Sometimes, the Chamber of Commerce comes up with them. Other times, visitors come up with them. And very often, the hoi polloi of the community come up with them. These nicknames can reflect the heart […]
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For you, it’s the beginning of a good week. Fall returns to South Texas. At Wurstfest in New Braunfels, the sausages are flying with a quickness. High school football playoffs are two weeks away. And the semi-blue northers have dropped the temperatures to the non-brisk upper 70s. So why am I so pissed off today? […]
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The Internet is a world of discovery. So let’s make with the discovering … Wingnut neutrinos, rejoice! If you are a small particle of matter and blame Democrats for everything, there’s good news! UC-Irvine researchers have developed the first nano-scale radio. It’s smaller than human hair, and it can pick up AM radio. That means […]
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One of these stories is not like the others. Darth Cheney’s Dog/ White House No. 1: The quick and the humorless Any knock on neo-conservative politicians or their AM radio mouthpieces brings a few nasty comments from readers who overlook my shots targeted at Democrats or liberals. Calling the vice-president “Darth Cheney” earlier this week […]
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Forget declining math scores and the generation that won’t read. The real threat to America is gullibility. Nearly one-third of Americans, according to a Halloween poll conducted by the Associated Press and market-research firm Ipsos, believe in ghosts. If you believe in ghosts, you’ll fall for anything. That explains recent presidential elections, reality television, and […]
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Vice President Dick Cheney scares me. The Spurs make me feel safe. All is right in the world After 140 days of reality, I have something to distract me. The Spurs open their season tonight, and are picked by some scribes to win it all again this year. The team traded Slovenian stiff Beno Udrih […]
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While the Trinity Tigers are the talk of college football, thanks to their improbable, last-second, miracle win in Mississippi, Aggies make the Internet world go around. A lot of Aggies read MySA, so this is for them. If you’re one of them, read on and bring the hate. If you’re not one of them, enjoy […]
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From the Amarillo Discovery Center For years, Amarillo had gas. Now it has no gas, and that’s a problem. Inert? Hardly! Since the 1920s, the panhandle city was known for years as The Helium Capital of the World. It was the No. 1 place for Atomic Number 2. But the town’s cool nickname was officially […]
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